Yahoo News The same essentials were bought at six main supermarkets and here is the most expensive
Sx major supermarkets were visited to buy the same essential items at each, and one of them sold one key grocery essential for a whopping 18% more than the other retailers.
The MEN team have monitored the prices of the same eight items at the six main supermarkets since March 2022, including Aldi, Lidl, Asda, Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsbury's. For the last six consecutive weeks, Asda has been the most expensive retailer, cementing that position last week with a 13% price hike of its chicken breasts and an overall bill of £12.78.
It keeps that position this week, with the price still £2.65 for the 300g pack, which is 18% more than almost every other supermarket charges. The price is £2.25 at Aldi, Lidl, and Tesco, while Sainsbury's 320g pack costs the same per gram. Morrisons is more expensive, costing £2.65 for 330g, which equates to £2.41 for the 300g, but it's still 24p less than Asda.
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Aldi retains its position as the cheapest this week, with a bill of £12.02 for the basket, which includes chicken, bread, milk, butter, tea bags, coffee, beans, and mince. Morrisons is second cheapest at £12.11, followed by Sainsbury's - which has reduced the price of its coffee by a penny - at £12.40 and Tesco at £12.43.
Despite being the cheapest, Aldi has disputed our comparison findings for some time, saying that it doesn’t take into account like-for-like products or ‘the higher quality’ of its products. For example, the supermarket says that its beans are 20g heavier than Sainsbury's and Aldi tea bags are 'better quality than the comparative products used'.
Asda also disagrees with our comparison and says that our small sample of products does not represent the fuller picture of prices and does not account for its deals. The supermarket says that, across the board, its Just Essentials range is the largest and cheapest available, alongside Aldi's.
An Aldi spokesperson said: “Our promise to customers is that they will make significant savings every time they shop with Aldi, which is why we’ve been named Which? Cheapest Supermarket of the Year for three years running. Which? has also named Aldi the UK’s Cheapest Supermarket every month this year, even in its latest analysis, which includes loyalty prices."
The full list is as follows:
Aldi
Loaf of white bread 800g - 47p
Milk 2 pints - £1.20
Coffee 200g - £1.79
Teabags 160 - £1.85
Salted butter 250g - £1.89
Beans 420g tin - 28p
Chicken 300g - £2.25
Mince 500g 25% fat - £2.29
Total £12.02
Morrisons
Loaf of white bread 800g - 47p
Milk 2 pints - £1.20
Coffee (2 x 100g) - £1.98
Teabags 160 (2 x 80-pack Savers) - £1.60
Savers Salted butter 250g - £1.89
Beans 410g tin - 27p
Chicken 300g - £2.65 for 330g, equates to £2.41 for 300g
Mince 500g 25% fat - £2.29
Total £12.11
Lidl
Loaf of white bread 800g - 47p
Milk 2 pints - £1.20
Coffee 200g - £1.99
Teabags 240 - £2.79 / equates to £1.86 for 160
Salted butter 250g - £1.89
Beans 420g tin - 28p
Chicken 300g - £2.25
Mince 500g 25% fat - £2.29
Total £12.23
Sainsbury's
Loaf of white bread 800g - 47p
Milk 2 pints - £1.20
Coffee 200g - £1.98 (down from £1.99)
Teabags 160 - £1.85
Salted butter 250g - £1.89
Beans 400g tin - 27p
Chicken 300g - £2.40 for 320g / equates to £2.25 for 300g
Mince 500g 20% fat - £2.49
Total £12.40 (down from £12.41)
Tesco
Loaf of white bread 800g - 47p
Milk 2 pints - £1.20
Coffee 200g (2 x 100g) - £2
Teabags 160 (2 x 80-pack) - £1.84
Salted butter 250g - £1.89
Beans 420g tin - 29p
Chicken 300g - £2.25
Mince 500g 20% fat - £2.49
Total £12.43
Asda
Loaf of white bread 800g - 47p
Milk 2 pints - £1.20
Coffee 200g (2 x 100g) - £2
Teabags 160 (4 x 40-pack) - £1.80
Salted butter 250g - £1.89
Beans 410g tin - 28p
Chicken 300g - £2.65
Mince 500g 20% fat - £2.49
Total £12.78
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